Crew Dragon DM-1 (Dragon C202)

Launch, orbit & landing data: Designation  44063 / 19011A Launch date - time  02 March 2019 - 07:49 UT 02:49 EST (Florida time) Launch site  CCK, LC-39A Launch vehicle  Falcon-9 v1.2 Mass (kg)  12055 kg Total cargo mass (kg)  180 kg Mission  Test dummy ′Ripley′ Earth orbit:    - Perigee / Apogee  235 x 351 km    - Inclination   51.6°    - Period   min

DM-1 Dragon capsule at SpaceX′s LC-39A Horizontal Integration Facility. Credit: SpaceX

Docking date - time  03 Mar 2019 - 10:51 UT Target spacecraft/port  ISS IDA-2/PMA-2 Docking orbit:    - Perigee / Apogee   km    - Inclination   °    - Period   min Undocking date - time  08 Mar 2019 - 07:32 UT Jettisoned trunk - time  08 Mar 2019 - 12:48 UT Deorbit burn date - time  08 Mar 2019 - 12:53 UT Recovery date - time  08 Mar 2019 - 13:45 UT Landing location  76.7W 30.5N Flight Duration (dd:hh:min)   Nbr orbits

Description:

• Crew Dragon is a crewed space capsule designed by SpaceX to ferry crews to the International space station. It is based on the unmanned Dragon supply capsule.

Mission details:

• On Mar 2, 2019 the first Crew Dragon, DM-1, was launched on a Falcon 9 from Kennedy Space Center. Falcon 9 stage 1 flew to a downrange landing on the OCISLY droneship. Stage 2 placed the Crew Dragon in a 194 x 358 km x 51.6 deg orbit. The Stage 2 is believed to have deorbited itself west of Australia at about 0839 UTC. Dragon made its first orbit adjust burns to 224 x 369 km and 235 x 351 km later in the morning.
  
  

  The Dragon arived at the ISS. Photo: NASA.

  The Dragon docking at the ISS. Photo: SpaceX.

  
  
• DM-1 docked at IDA-2/PMA-2 at 1051 UTC on Mar 3. The cabin carries the anthropomorphic test dummy `Ripley' and 180 kg of cargo.
  SpaceflightNow reports that NASA tell the docking mass of DM-1 was 12055 kg.
• DM-1 undocked at 0732 UTC Mar 8 and manuevered to a 395 x 401 km orbit. At 1248 UTC the trunk was jettisoned into orbit. At 1253 Dragon began its deorbit burn; after a successful reentry, it splashed down at 1345 UTC in the Atlantic off Florida, at about 76.7W 30.5N.

External links:

• AmericaSpace: Dragon ready for test flight

Astrophilately covers:

DM-1 Static Fire test, cancel KSC. Credit: #402

Launch cancel KSC, new cancel. Credit: #411

Demo-1 berting to the ISS, cancel Houston. Credit: #411

Docking cancel Hawthorne. Credit: #402

DM-1 Recovery, cancel CC. Credit: #402